BlockSkull Creek, Wyoming
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82723. It stands on West Fork Skull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Skull Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1898 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Inyan Kara Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Gillette quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sundance quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Skull Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Skull Creek between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,874 acres in total. 12 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2020 | Natural | 6.3 acres | Weston County | BLACK CANYON |
| 29 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland | DRY CREEK #2 |
| 17 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 17 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 10 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 1 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Skull Creek: 3 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tavegia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Farley No.1 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Farley No.2 | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Farley No.3 | Uranium | Prospect |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Spur | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Horton | 8.7 miles | 15 | |
| Osage | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Jerome | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Four Corners (historical) | 12.3 miles | 15 | |
| Upton | 13.8 miles | 12 | |
| Cambria (historical) | 14.3 miles | 11 | |
| Buckhorn | 14.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1597498. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.